[cbmuser]

Russia doesn’t really care about Western money anymore. They can’t spend it due to the sanctions anyway.

[vintermann]

They absolutely do. The sanctions are very far from impenetrable. They can buy pretty much anything they could before, only at slightly higher prices.

Think about what you're saying here: Vladimir Putin, famously corrupt head of a mafia state, doesn't care about money!

[twelve40]

what? it's paid for in rubles via gazprombank